2011 Titans Rookies

Malcolm Sheppard, 6'2-290, 23 years old, he's new to the Titans but he's really a rookie that went undrafted out of Arkansas last year and survived thru OTA and TC w/the Texans and made their PS, so don't be surprised to start hearing his name in TC, he's a Georgia native and was recruited out of high school by non other than Tracy Rocker, he went on to become a 2-time All SEC DT/DE, coached by Tracy Rocker for 2 yrs. at Arkansas, started as a true -freshman in the capital one bowl vs. Wisconsin alongside Jamaal Anderson, this guy was called the most underrated player in the SEC by ESPN's Chris Low, he was a victim of a young team and new coaching change his senior yr. stats were down because of constant double teaming, Coach Rocker knows exactly what he has in Sheppard, do your own research an you'll see that Sheppard is a steal for this young defense, he was projected to be a 3/4 rd. draftee, but was overlooked ,i'm not taking anything away from the new rookie DT's but Sheppard was a 3 yr starter in the rugged SEC, only the 2nd player in Arkansas history to be named team captain jr/sr year(Frank Broyles),and he has been thru OTA's and TC and played in games, he's right there w/ Casey ,but only time will tell.

If this guy is anything close to how you are talking about him he will be in the flipping HOF in a few years....

Of course if this guy was thgouht of as much as you think of him he might have been drafted year before and might even be on a roster somewhere.

IN all honesty he will have to be pretty good to make the Titans roster but he could be on the PS. I suppose he could beat out Haye and Clayton and get on the roster that way. All the power to him if he can upgrade DT for us.

The coaches told Haye they wanted him to get bigger and stronger and he showed up 25 lbs heavier and he is benching well over 400 lbs now. Reportedly, he was never benching over 315 before. Maybe he has finally dedicated himself to the Titans.

The coaches told Haye they wanted him to get bigger and stronger and he showed up 25 lbs heavier and he is benching well over 400 lbs now. Reportedly, he was never benching over 315 before. Maybe he has finally dedicated himself to the Titans.

I'm not saying Malcolm Sheppard is this greatest player ever to strap on a helmet, i'm saying the NFL is very unpredictable, it creates 1st. rd. bust and undrafted HOF'ers, Sheppard is a product of the Tracy Rocker system and knows him well, also Frank Bush was the Def/Cord. at Texans when Sheppard made their PS and impressed all the coaches with his work ethics and non-stop motor, he's been thru what the new rookies are just tasteing and he's played in about 6 NFL (speed) games, i at least have him above Klug and Clayton, the lockout didn't help them.

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